Senior Business Manager Jobs

Senior Business Manager
UK

The median Senior Business Manager salary in the UK is £78,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 696 849 940
Rank change year-on-year +153 +91 +274
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Business Manager 16 29 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.029% 0.029% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.031% 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 4 23 25
10th Percentile £44,375 £66,250 £51,750
25th Percentile £58,438 £68,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,750 £95,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.11% +5.56% +38.46%
75th Percentile £92,813 £105,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £97,875 £119,000 £120,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £90,000 £75,000 £56,250
% change year-on-year +20.00% +33.33% +22.28%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 49,912 93,707 92,673
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 94.63% 91.55%
Number of salaries quoted 27,050 67,086 58,518
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £80,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%

Senior Business Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Senior Business Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Business Manager in the UK

Senior Business Manager
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Business Manager.

Salary trend for Senior Business Manager in the UK

Senior Business Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Business Manager over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Business Manager in the UK

Senior Business Manager
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Business Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 14 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +126 11 £90,000 -5.26% 110
UK excluding London +175 6 £90,000 +20.00% 49
London +108 6 £82,500 -13.16% 68
South East +99 4 £90,000 -10.00% 18
Work from Home +107 1 £40,000 -58.97% 65
Midlands +59 1 - - 10
Scotland - 1 - -

Senior Business Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, Senior Business Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior Business Manager in the job title.

1 9 (56.25%) Business Development
2 8 (50.00%) Finance
3 6 (37.50%) Project Management
4 4 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 3 (18.75%) Business Strategy
5 3 (18.75%) Roadmaps
5 3 (18.75%) Agile
6 2 (12.50%) Business Analysis
6 2 (12.50%) Marketing
6 2 (12.50%) Mentoring
6 2 (12.50%) Coaching
6 2 (12.50%) Degree
6 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
6 2 (12.50%) Change Management
6 2 (12.50%) B2B
6 2 (12.50%) CRM
6 2 (12.50%) Creative Thinking
6 2 (12.50%) Planning and Forecasting
6 2 (12.50%) Business Forecasting
6 2 (12.50%) Strategic Roadmap
6 2 (12.50%) Budget Management
7 1 (6.25%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 1 (6.25%) Product Backlog
7 1 (6.25%) Requirements Workshops
7 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
7 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (6.25%) Mobile Broadband
7 1 (6.25%) Google Sheets
7 1 (6.25%) Analytical Thinking

Senior Business Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (6.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Google Sheets
1 1 (6.25%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Broadband
1 1 (6.25%) Mobile Broadband
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 8 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Marketing
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) SCADA
1 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Business Development
2 6 (37.50%) Project Management
3 4 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 3 (18.75%) Agile
4 3 (18.75%) Business Strategy
4 3 (18.75%) Roadmaps
5 2 (12.50%) B2B
5 2 (12.50%) Budget Management
5 2 (12.50%) Business Analysis
5 2 (12.50%) Business Forecasting
5 2 (12.50%) Change Management
5 2 (12.50%) Coaching
5 2 (12.50%) Creative Thinking
5 2 (12.50%) CRM
5 2 (12.50%) Mentoring
5 2 (12.50%) Planning and Forecasting
5 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
5 2 (12.50%) Strategic Roadmap
6 1 (6.25%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (6.25%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Google
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle
1 1 (6.25%) Salesforce
1 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow